Tarawera Trail

Tarawera Trail

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Tarawera Trail

Time: 5-6 hours one way Distance: 15km one way

The trail starts at Te Waiora car park on Tarawera Road, an easy and scenic 15 minute drive from Rotorua past Blue Lake (Tikitapu). A water taxi is available to ferry passengers from the end of the track at Hot Water Beach to Tarawera Landing, approx. 5 km from Te Waiora carpark - make your own arrangements between the landing and the carpark.

If walking the track in reverse, the water taxi can also ferry walkers from Tarawera Landing to Hot Water Beach.

Pre-booking the water taxi in either direction is essential.

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

DOC Bay of Plenty

Central government organisation

Location

North IslandRotorua RegionTarawera

Categories

  • Activity__walking_and_trekkingWalking
  • Free

Directions

To Coordinates

Coordinates

-38.2112747471966

176.354704422104

Latitude
-38.2112747471966
Longitude
176.354704422104

Nearby

Reviews

    • Nice bushwalk with good views of the lake.....
    • We were very happy because we did it in 6 hours.
    • This trail I really do recommend!
    • A great hike!
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  • 4.5/5

    This trail I really do recommend!

    Awesome views. We just passed 10 other people on our 6 hour walk. At the end we took a nice swim.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in December 2016

  • 4.5/5

    Nice bushwalk with good views of the lake.....

    not crowded. Finish at a hot water beach with a hot spring! Nice ending, bring your swimwear.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in December 2016

  • 2.0/5

    Good walk in the bush with lovely views of the valley, but definitely too long.

    Hot springs at the end are hot and cold which means burning or freezing.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in February 2016

  • 5.0/5

    We were very happy because we did it in 6 hours.

    We do not know about the hot pools at the end, a surprise, wonderful and magic.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2016

  • 4.5/5

    A great hike!

    15 km in beautiful native forest to get to a hot spring at the beach on the lake. A reasonable fee for the water taxi to get back, if you do not to walk back.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2016

  • 4.0/5

    The walk is not so hard and you even have a hot spring at the end.

    Great!!

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in December 2015

  • 3.5/5

    The track heads along the south end of Lake Tarawera.

    First 3.2km are mainly in bushland but after this you get some nice views.

    Reviewed almost 9 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Nice track with the possibility to go back by water taxi.

    Reviewed over 9 years ago and experienced in December 2014